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Update from Discord:quote:As you can imagine, it's been a busy day with lots going on. We fully support the SAG-AFTRA strike and all production is currently on hold while we navigate the situation (and while we wait for the AMPTP to be crushed by the righteous pressure of labor solidarity). From your perspective, Dropout content will not be drying up - we shoot stuff well ahead of time, and we're confident that the strike will force the studios back to the table for a fair deal soon. We'll keep you updated! In the meantime, if you're looking for ways to support striking writers, actors, and others in the entertainment community, here's where you can go to donate to those affected by the strike: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/
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Yeah, from reading Sam's statements, my main takeaway is that they'll keep rolling out content since they've got a huge lead but since Sam himself and so many of their big folks are SAG, they'll be honoring the "no promoting" rule, at least personally. So Sam isn't gonna make a new video or a tweet or whatever going "Hey watch the new season of X."
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I Am Fowl posted:Yeah, from reading Sam's statements, my main takeaway is that they'll keep rolling out content since they've got a huge lead but since Sam himself and so many of their big folks are SAG, they'll be honoring the "no promoting" rule, at least personally. So Sam isn't gonna make a new video or a tweet or whatever going "Hey watch the new season of X." Grant and Katie have said they aren't promoting their web-series Edit https://twitter.com/KatieMarovitch/status/1679958457980719106?t=eLZjPzMiuoGkNapK7Zew6g&s=19 bunnyofdoom fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Jul 15, 2023 |
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That's good to hear.
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Joke's on them because I had no idea that show was coming so they've just promoted it to me.
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Twitter thread by Sam https://twitter.com/samreich/status/1680274115029270528 And as someone posted in the replies, this clearly was inevitable for Sam https://twitter.com/JasonMBryant1/status/1680300727015550983 EDIT Here's the thread of it, because gently caress Elno bunnyofdoom fucked around with this message at 15:21 on Jul 16, 2023 |
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You can’t read threads on Twitter without having an account now, so posting screenshots or a rolled up version is helpful for embedding stuff here
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Now’s the perfect time to launch the non-union Dropout America
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whydirt posted:Now’s the perfect time to launch the non-union Dropout America We’ll need his non-union Mexican equivalent, Señor Sam Reicho.
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Why does Sam hate Stanley Tucci's grandmother so much?
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What the gently caress did I just watch? The Evelyn Tucci bit was amazing.
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That was a wild episode. I feel like Sam really used everyone’s talents, all the bits were fun, I’m gonna watch that one again in a couple days
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Jul 18, 2023 04:14
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Pout one out for Evelyn Tucci.
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That was absolutely a solid crew and a solid round, although Vic might've managed to be my favorite. Her climbing up onto the podium destroyed me.
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vic always seems like a bundle of heartwarming chaos
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Jiavani had some incredible work too. Her bits with karaoke and the accordion were very, very good.
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seaborgium posted:I think it gets weird though. An independent production, which basically means no one from the AMPTP is involved can negotiate their own deal. So if Dropout is free and clear of the AMPTP, they could negotiate a deal for a season of D20, or some Um Actuallys if they wanted to. Letterman did that during the last writers strike with his production company and the WGA. It does sound like SAG-AFTRA will be working out provisional contracts to allow independent studios to keep working. Dropout/CH is not a constituent of the AMPTP.
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They've just granted the first wave of waivers for indies, as long as they agree to abide by the terms of the latest offer that SAG-AFTRA's made to the studios, and they've said they're happy to waive it for any non-AMPTP production that'll work on those terms. Apparently right now the only holdup is the speed they can get through the backlog of applications and vet them to make sure there's zero AMPTP involvement. So it's probably looking good for Dropout. Right now Sam has covid again and his dog Finnegan is sadly going to be passing on soon, so things have been really been piling up all at once, poor guy. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 10:59 on Jul 19, 2023 |
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MikeJF posted:Right now Sam has covid again and his dog Finnegan is sadly going to be passing on soon, so things have been really been piling up all at once, poor guy. Ugh, that sucks. I know he’s been suffering some really nasty long covid symptoms from his last bout. Hopefully he’ll get through this one without incident. And losing a pet is awful no matter the circumstance.
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Sudden Loud Noise posted:Jiavani! Highlight of the episode.
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That Make some Noise episode was great and I'll need to watch more, I think. Also the newest season of Breaking News is exceptional, even if it is hard for the other episodes to compare with Grant going nuclear on Sam.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPYJFpEuWE8
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Yeah Katie get them dollars
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bunnyofdoom posted:Yeah Katie get them dollars That final line. 
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I love that Katie can be so stone faced and cold to people as an act, but that as soon as the game is done she immediately breaks and can be all smiles and really personable. I don't know how she manages it, beyond being a good actress but it's really impressive and entertaining.
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I think her technique is that she goes so full zero emotion stoneface monotone that she's barely interacting with the words she's reading at all, she's almost just sounding out noises without processing them.
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you still have to resist the emotional connection with your fellow actors who are also talking, though
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Is the next one seeing who can make Amy break 100 laughs
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For me, Breaking News is a delicate balance. It's not super entertaining to get someone like Katie who's too good at it or someone like Amy who's abominable (after the novelty of the first chortling meltdown, at least). You need to get contestants who have a baseline stoicism but can be driven over the edge by the sight of the boss drinking sterilized urine. I still like some of their improv prompt response segments though.
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Fobby posted:For me, Breaking News is a delicate balance. It's not super entertaining to get someone like Katie who's too good at it or someone like Amy who's abominable (after the novelty of the first chortling meltdown, at least). You need to get contestants who have a baseline stoicism but can be driven over the edge by the sight of the boss drinking sterilized urine. I still like some of their improv prompt response segments though. Yeah, one of my all-time favorite Dropout bits is seeing Brennan lose it in True Facts About Grant O'Brien Part 2. Brennan's ordinarily very stoic, but the one-two punch of "Hello, I'm 50" and the Bernie Sanders line just sent him reeling. Magitek fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Jul 25, 2023 |
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MikeJF posted:I think her technique is that she goes so full zero emotion stoneface monotone that she's barely interacting with the words she's reading at all, she's almost just sounding out noises without processing them. Nah, that's Lily's technique. She's literally said during one of them that she's basically not even taking the words in as she says them.
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Gaz-L posted:Nah, that's Lily's technique. She's literally said during one of them that she's basically not even taking the words in as she says them. Yeah, I don't think Katie is doing that because she tends to add some sass in via odd little movements or how she reads the lines so I think she is aware of them and just has really good control. I do think those movements and inflections help though actually, since it means she can pause for a half a second when necessary in order to squash any building laughter. It also helps her readings feel less monotonous. She was a child actress if I recall, wasn't she? So she probably just has a lot more experience around actors trying to make each other break as well as just acting experience generally.
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Finally a use for my ability to disassociate away from stressful situations
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tsob posted:Yeah, I don't think Katie is doing that because she tends to add some sass in via odd little movements or how she reads the lines so I think she is aware of them and just has really good control. I do think those movements and inflections help though actually, since it means she can pause for a half a second when necessary in order to squash any building laughter. It also helps her readings feel less monotonous. She was a child actress if I recall, wasn't she? So she probably just has a lot more experience around actors trying to make each other break as well as just acting experience generally. Which is really funny considering her performance on the Heart Monitor Game Changer.
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Fobby posted:For me, Breaking News is a delicate balance. It's not super entertaining to get someone like Katie who's too good at it or someone like Amy who's abominable (after the novelty of the first chortling meltdown, at least). You need to get contestants who have a baseline stoicism but can be driven over the edge by the sight of the boss drinking sterilized urine. I still like some of their improv prompt response segments though. I too demand more Tao.
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Magitek posted:Yeah, one of my all-time favorite Dropout bits is seeing Brennan lose it in True Facts About Grant O'Brien Part 2. Brennan's ordinarily very stoic, but the one-two punch of "Hello, I'm 50" and the Bernie Sanders line just sent him reeling. The key to getting Brennan to break is to make him genuinely concerned for his friends. He cannot escape his compassionate nature.
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whydirt posted:The key to getting Brennan to break is to make him genuinely concerned for his friends. He cannot escape his compassionate nature. Wrong facts also break him.
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